DOD aims to improve how it buys services

The Defense Department is making another attempt to improve how it purchases services.

Buying power

Flow of federal funds helps states expand homeland security programs.

Fine tuning needed

Complexity, lack of standards stymie common operating picture efforts.

Revamped Business.gov to cater to small biz

Officials from the White House and Small Business Administration formally unveiled a revamped Web site that provides small businesses with a compendium of federal regulations information.

Infotech and the Law: If the FOIA exemption fits, wear it

Imagine your agency customer calls and says, "We've received a Freedom of Information Act request for a copy of your contract. We will comply with that request unless you explain to us why we shouldn't."

Can you hear the savings now?

Complexity, lack of standards stymie common operating picture efforts.

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Help or hassle?

In small-business IT contracting, the challenge is distinguishing which agencies have the dollars and a willingness to assist.

Government to study online procurement

The federal government again will review the advantages and disadvantages of online procurement services.

Oracle closes book on PeopleSoft overcharging

Oracle Corp. has agreed to pay the U.S. government $98.5 million to settle allegations that PeopleSoft Inc., which it acquired last year, overcharged federal buyers under the General Services Administration's multiple-award schedule program.

WWT to consolidate Missouri IT procurement

The Show-Me State has tapped World Wide Technology Inc. as its primary vendor for a range of IT products and services under a $110 million contract.

Congress: TSA must toe small-biz line

The Transportation Security Administration now must adhere to the same small-business procurement goals as other federal agencies, according to a provision adopted by Congress in the fiscal 2007 homeland security appropriations bill.

McDonald Bradley to build DIA intel sharing model

McDonald Bradley Inc. won a contract from the Defense Intelligence Agency to work on a project that aims to improve intelligence data sharing and management across intelligence communities and the Defense Department.

Space policy touts satellite imagery for homeland security

The White House published an ambitious, new national space policy that lays out goals for exploration and addresses the need to enhance homeland security by collecting intelligence imagery using high-resolution government satellites.

IBM tapped to provide NBC HSPD-12 services

IBM Corp. has been awarded the Interior Department's National Business Center's highly anticipated contract to provide Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 services.

Bush signature completes GSA reorganization

The General Services Administration's long-awaited reorganization is finally official.

Virginia re-ups CGI-AMS for e-procurement work

<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font>Virginia has renewed a contract with CGI-AMS Inc. to run the Old Dominion's electronic procurement portal.

WARN Act gets chop job

Congress included a drastically shortened version of the WARN Act emergency public warning legislation in the port security bill approved Sept. 30, according to a prominent emergency warning expert.

How do you put a value on security?

While speaking at the recent IT Security Training Conference in Washington, D.C., Arthur W. Coviello, president of RSA, called for government to become more proactive in its IT security.